Chem. Also tetrak-, tetrac-. [f. Gr. τετρα- four + εἴκοσι twenty + -ANE 2 b.] The saturated hydrocarbon or paraffin of the 24-carbon series, C24H50 = CH3(CH2)22CH3, a solid waxy substance.
1894. Morley & Muir, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 673/1. Tetra-icosane, C24H50.
1895. Funk’s Stand. Dict., Tetrakosane.
1909. Cent. Dict., Suppl., Tetracosane.
So Tetra-icosoic acid, C23H47.CO2H, a crystalline powder, very soluble in hot alcohol, occurring in the soap got by heating carnaüba wax with aqueous NaOH.
1894. Morley & Muir, Watts’ Chem. Dict., IV. 673/1.
